Colleen Lawless | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois | |
Assumed office March 9, 2023 | |
Appointed by | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Sue E. Myerscough |
Associate Judge of the Illinois Circuit Court for the 7th district | |
In office 2019 – March 9, 2023 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Colleen Rae Schuster[1] 1983 (age 40–41) Joliet, Illinois, U.S. |
Spouse |
Ryan Lawless (m. 2010) |
Education | Illinois Wesleyan University (BA) Northern Illinois University (JD) |
Colleen Rae Lawless, née Schuster, (born 1983)[2] is an American lawyer serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. She was associate judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit in Sangamon County, Illinois from 2019 to 2023.